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Boys Basketball fell to the Fridley Tigers, 81-69 last night, but the game was much closer than the final score shows. Fridley jumped out to an early 14-2 lead, but Mounds View remained undeterred. The Mustangs made a spirited comeback in the end of the first and beginning of the second halves, lowering the point deficit from as high as 18 to three, but in the end, they couldn’t keep up with the high-powered Fridley offense.

Fridley was lead by senior forward, Nate Soto, who finished with 25 points, six of which came off fast break dunks. Mounds View’s offense was also impressive. The Mustang’s leading scorer, Josh Albers, 11, hit six threes and finished with 28 points. Center Michael Fahim, 12, also had a good game, with three blocks.

Despite the tough loss, players are taking some positives from the game. “We got better as a team throughout the game,” said Fahim. “We just need to get better at finishing.”

One out of every seven people in the U.S. relies on food banks in order to feed themselves and their families. The Ralph Reeder Food Shelf, located in New Brighton, is an organization that works to help those who rely on food banks.

On January 25th, 2016, plans to build the Dakota Access Pipeline were announced, but it wasn’t until late July that conflict between the Standing Rock Tribe and the Energy Transfer Crude Oil Company (ETCO), the corporation building the pipeline, began. Since then, thousands of protesters at Standing Rock and millions more around the world have come together to rally against an unjust construction plan.